Companies are increasingly facing parallel proceedings involving government investigations and follow-on private litigation. These complex cases often involve competing interests between the parties that can influence a judge's determination on discovery timing and process.

On July 25, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) submitted comments to the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) supporting a proposed rule only affecting VA facilities that would authorize Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to provide primary health care services without the mandatory supervision of physicians, regardless of state or local laws, with limited exceptions.

In an appeal challenging an alteration to a previously granted
preliminary injunction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit found that it lacked jurisdiction over an appeal because
the appeal was filed more than 30 days after the original
injunction and the subsequent alteration did not substantially
change the legal relationship between the parties.

In a unique appeal in which smartphone heavyweight opponents Apple and Samsung both advocated that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to seal certain confidential exhibits from both parties.

Addressing the issue of whether a technical expert's failure to disclose specific testing methodology was merely a "typo" or a previously non-disclosed opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment of non-infringement because the expert failed
to support evidence of infringement.